The Magician’s Nephew
By C. S. Lewis
Ever wonder what happened before “The Lion, The Witch, and
The Wardrobe?” Well the Magician’s nephew has answers. This book features two main children
characters, Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer who are whisked away from their
world to another world by a magic ring.
In this world they encounter a witch named Jadis, who later becomes the
White Witch from “The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.” The children and ultimately Kirke’s Uncle are
responsible for the White Witch being able to enter Narnia and thus have to
help Aslan make sure she doesn’t destroy Narnia. The book has many adventures and moral dilemmas
and even explains how the Magic Wardrobe got its magic!
Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief
By Rick Riordan
The “Lightning Thief” is the first book written by Riordan
in the Olympians series. There are now
many more books and even spin-off series, testament to the success of this
book. This story is about a 12 year boy
who has a hard time staying out of trouble in school. Though,
well natured, Percy has been diagnosed with ADHD, as it turns out, the reason
why he has a hard time concentrating is that he is not a normal boy after
all. While on class trip he is attacked
by an evil mythological being, the reason being is that he is a Demigod. His father, who he has never met, turns out
to be a Greek God and has passed some of his extraordinary powers onto his son. Now Percy must go to a camp full of others
children who are just like him while he tries to master his new powers and find
out which one of the God’s is his father.
Tangerine
By Edward Bloor
Tangerine is the story Paul Fisher and his move from Texas
to Tangerine FL with his family. Paul is
a 7th grader who loves nothing more than playing goalkeeper in
soccer and the best part is he is really great at it. His soccer ability is
even more impressive because he is legally blind. Paul has many hurtles he must overcome in
this story, he is the new kid in town, because of his seeing disability there
are those who don’t want him to play soccer, and he has a truly evil older
brother who is a star football player. This
is a story about fitting in even when you are different, and Paul’s soccer
ability helps him do just that.
Variable Star
By Robert Heinlein and Spider Robinson
Joel Johnston wants nothing more than to then to become a
Composer. He has dedicated his life to pursue
his dream. Though he is poor, he works
hard and dreams big and with his fellow poor girlfriend Jinny, he feels like he
can accomplish anything. There is only
one problem, Jinny isn’t really poor.
For the totality of their relationship Jinny has misled Joel, when Joel realizes
the Jinny is the one he wants to spend the rest of his life with, the truth is
revealed. Jinny is the daughter of the
richest man on planet Earth, Richard Conrad.
Now Joel is suddenly thrust into a life of grandeur and seems to think
it is ok, until it becomes clear that the Conrad’s have no respect for Joel’s
dreams. He is to work for Richard for
the rest of life and make Heir’s to the Conrad Empire with Jinny. Would you give up your dreams for all the
money in the world? Joel wouldn’t and so he flees to the only place where the Conrad
Empire might not be able to find him, outer space.
Old Man’s War
By John Scalzi
If you were a retired 75 year old on planet Earth and the government
asked you to enlist in an army created for intergalactic combat, would you
consider it? Well John Perry did! Even though no one knows why, the government
is recruiting elderly people to fight a war in space, after his wife dies Perry
has nothing left to lose and decides to embark on one last adventure. Perry takes an elevator to the recruiting office
in space. When he arrives he is tested and eventually has his mind transferred into
a new body, A green body infused with
animal DNA and nanotechnology which doesn’t just make Perry young again but
stronger than ever! Now, equipped with this new ultimate weapon, and a brainpal
(coolest smart phone ever) Perry understands how the elderly is fighting a war
in space.
Deadline
By Chris Crutcher
Ben Wolf was a normal scrawny 18 year old high school
senior, when he finds out that he has an incurable blood disease and only has
one year to live. Most people would
crumble under this kind of pressure but Ben decides to keep it a secret and
cram as much living has he can in his one year.
Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter Wars: The Mandalorian Armor
By K.W. Jeter
I remember watching the Star Wars movie “The Return of the
Jedi” and being upset when Han Solo hit Boba Fett into that scary pit because I
thought Boba Fett was so cool and wish he didn’t have to die. Imagine my surprised when I found out there
are entire books written about how Boba Fett escaped the pit and went one to
become the greatest bounty hunter in the Star Wars universe. This is the story of that escape and the war
between all the bounty hunters in Star Wars that followed.
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
By James Paterson
This book is about 6 children who barely escape a research
facility known as “The School.” Calling
them children is sort of misleading because the kids are only 98% human and 2%
bird! Gifted with the ability to fly the
children start a new life in hiding just wanting to live and not have any more experiments
done on them. Unfortunately the School
has also created “Erasers” which are part human part world to hunt down Angel
and her Flock.
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